Raayudu

Indian Telugu Film

1 July 1998 (1998-07-01)

Running time

150 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Raayudu (lit. 'King') is a 1998 Telugu-language family drama film directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty and produced by Mohan Babu. It stars Babu in the lead role^[1] along with Rachana, Prathyusha and Soundarya amongst others.^[2] A remake of the Tamil film Vallal,^[a] Raayudu was a box-office failure.^[4]

Cast

Mohan Babu as Raayudu
Rachana as Lakshmi
Soundarya as Madhavi
Prathyusha as Rani
Brahmanandam
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Nirmalamma
Srihari
Ambika
Padma
Menaka
Chalapathi Rao
M. S. Narayana
Babu Mohan
Sai Krishna
Naveen
Kakarala
Yechuri
Potti Satyam
Pattabhi
Jaggu
PV Narasimha Rao
Vijaya Lakshmi
Sadhika
Lakshmi Nair

Soundtrack

Raayudu
Film score by S.A. Rajkumar
Released	1998
Genre	Soundtrack
Producer	S.A. Rajkumar

All lyrics are written by Satya Murthy.^[3]; all music is composed by S. A. Rajkumar.^[5]

Track list^[5]
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Jolali Jolali"	Suddala Ashok Teja	K. J. Yesudas	5:32
2.	"Siyyante Siyyandi"	Shanmukha Sharma	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha	5:59
3.	"Epudo Paadindhi"	Suddala Ashok Teja	K. J. Yesudas	4:55
4.	"Oh Varudhini"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	Mano, K. S. Chithra	5:02
5.	"Ela Ela Cheli"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	4:47
6.	"Ammammammo Vasthunnade"	Bhuvana Chandra	Mano, K. S. Chithra	4:30
Total length:				30:47

Notes

^ The source mentions that the film is a remake of a Tamil film but does not mention the film's name.^[3]

References

^ "Actor Nithiin apologises for his comment on Pawan Kalyan's Katamarayudu teaser". The Indian Express. 5 February 2017.
^ "Reviews". Archived from the original on 3 February 1999.
^ ^a ^b "రాయుడు" [Raayudu] (PDF). Zamin Ryot. 20 March 1998. p. 9. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ "The year gone by 'Twas good for some and bad for most". Andhra Online. Archived from the original on 28 April 1999.
^ ^a ^b "Rayudu". Spotify. Retrieved 18 February 2021.